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If you do not have cameras yet I would get some. That way you can watch what is actually happening and when it happens during the wash. That will give you a good indication of what you should be looking to fix. You should be able to go weeks between error codes. When problems do happen they seem...

I make my own foamy brush solution using methenol. You could also do it with RV type antifreeze. One thing about using methenol in your foam brush is that a foamy brush never cleaned so well. It makes glass and chrome shine.

I run all my low pressure functions out to the bay in a 6 inch PVC pipe along with the HP functions. Then above the boom I use a large electrical box to hold the manifolds and check valves where all the LP chemicals are injected into the HP hose. In the PVC and electrical boxes I run a heated...

RR a couple of questions, You stated a 50% operating expense ratio ( basic fixed cost before debt service) then a $1.50 per car variable expense (cogs). Why would the variable expense be deducted from the fixed cost, should it not be added to get the true cost per car before debt service? Or...

NO, just not baffled by yours.

Sorry for trying to simplify terms into normal carwash speak. If you can't dazzle them with brilliance baffle them with BS I guess. Clearly if your cost to build is 3 million the BE is much higher than if your cost to build is only 1.5 million. The instructor evaluates these washes for a living...

I am amazed by how many people who build these new express tunnels have no idea how many car they must wash just to break even. Over the years I have asked many new owners of these express washes how many cars per day they have to wash to break even based on average price per wash. I have never...

The WCA years ago had California test car wash sludge. Their findings were the same as the EPA, basically it is classified as street sweepings.

Yes, Randy is the best and has helped many of us on this forum. Just don't get between him and a piece of Prime RIb.

I would get a look at the scratch and take pictures of it. Almost always the scratch will be crooked. Most machines if they could scratch a car it would be straight or a ARC pattern as the arm swings as if in break away mode. Show them the path that the arm travels and point out that it is...

Robert R. I guess if I boil down your post you are saying that $60 is spent per year per person in the average town on car washing. Does that figure play out for most locations?

Here is a picture of a copper pipe fixed using Blue Monster silicone self sealing tape. The picture was reduced in pixel amount using paint before trying to post to this thread. I hope it works.

JacksonV your method used to work for me but I have not been able to post pictures using the manage thread button for months.

I do not have a crypto pay system but was reading in the Wall Street Journal some interesting information. It seems that Apple starting in September making it so that their phones would be encrypted right at the phone instead of in the cloud. This makes it almost impossible for the NSA to track...

I buy mine locally from a trucking company by the pallet. It is usually under $3 per bag. It is Morton salt from the Great Salt Lake.

At the WCA show a Canadian operator gave a summary of his wash. It is a large all indoor operation in a 90 x 100 foot building with SS bays. He charges $1.25 per minute based on the total time spent inside the building. You get a time ticket at the entrance and then pay a attendant when you...

In many areas SS bays are still used because the vehicles they wash can not use the newer wash models. Service trucks, tall four wheel drive etc. Many car and LT trucks have switched over to the new car wash models but SS wash bay numbers are still at levels that they were before the decline...

Over the years I have posted the following formula for freeze points on foam brush soap using methenol. If your final ratio is 10% methenol and 90 water/soap it is good to 25 degrees F, 20% around 15 F, 30% methenol is good to 0 degrees F. You could also use propylene glycol ( RV antifreeze) and...

I will be there. I am going early to go on the car wash tour.

I just received a email blast from the WCA letting the members know some of things they are doing regarding the drought. I had alerted them of Ventura CA. article in the WSJ and they have already responded and got some action done. They are listening and working on this issue.